•Slavery has been practiced since the beginning of documented history.

•Slavery introduced by the Spanish into the West Indies after Columbus’s

discovery of America.•Spanish and Portuguese expanded

African slavery into Central and South American after enslaved Indians

began dying off.•In 1619, the first recorded

introduction of African slaves into what would become the United States

was in the settlement of Jamestown……Only 20 slaves were

purchased….

Slaves captured in Africa

Slaves aboard ship—Middle Passage

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Headright SystemHeadright System: Plantation owners were given 50 acres for every indentured servant they sponsored to come to America.

Indentured ContractIndentured Contract: Served plantation owner for 7 years as a laborer in return for passage to America.

Freedom DuesFreedom Dues: Once servant completed his contract, he/she was freed….They were given land, tools, seed and animals. However, they did not receive voting rights.

What factors led to the introduction of

African slaveryAfrican slavery replacing indentured indentured

servitudeservitude as the labor force in the

American Colonies?

What factors led to the introduction of

African slaveryAfrican slavery replacing indentured indentured

servitudeservitude as the labor force in the

American Colonies?

This is called the Middle Passage

Bacon’s RebellionBacon’s Rebellion((1676 - 1677)1676 - 1677)

Bacon’s RebellionBacon’s Rebellion((1676 - 1677)1676 - 1677)

Nathaniel Bacon Nathaniel Bacon represents represents

former former indentured indentured servants.servants.

Nathaniel Bacon Nathaniel Bacon represents represents

former former indentured indentured servants.servants.

GovernorGovernorWilliam William

Berkeley of Berkeley of JamestownJamestown

GovernorGovernorWilliam William

Berkeley of Berkeley of JamestownJamestown

•Involved former indentured servants•Not accepted in

Jamestown•Disenfranchised and unable to receive their

land•Gov. Berkeley would not defend settlements

from Indian attacks

•Nathaniel Bacon acts as the representative for

rebels•Gov. Berkeley refused to meet their conditions and

erupts into a civil war.•Bacon dies, Gov.

Berkeley puts down rebellion and several

rebels are hung

Consequence of Bacon’s RebellionConsequence of Bacon’s Rebellion Plantation owners gradually replaced indentured servants

with African slaves because it was seen as a better investment in the long term than indentured servitude.

•Slaves resorted to revolts in the 13 colonies and later in the southern U.S.

• 250 insurrections have been

documented; between 1780 and 1864.

•91 African-Americans were convicted of insurrection in Virginia alone.

•First revolt in what became the United States took place in 1526 at a Spanish settlement near the mouth of the Pee Dee River in South Carolina.

Slave Revolts

•September 9, 1739September 9, 1739, twenty black Carolinians met near the Stono River, approximately twenty miles southwest of Charleston. They took guns and powder from a store and

killed the two storekeepers they found there.

•"With cries of 'Liberty' and beating of drums"With cries of 'Liberty' and beating of drums," "the rebels raised a standard and headed south toward

Spanish St. Augustine. Burned houses, and killed white opponents.

•Largest slave uprising in the 13 colonies prior to the American Revolution.

•Slaveowners caught up with the band of 60 to 100 slaves. 20 white Carolinians and 40 black Carolinians were killed 20 white Carolinians and 40 black Carolinians were killed

before the rebellion was suppressed.before the rebellion was suppressed. Slave Revolts/Stono

Stono County Rebellion

Slave Revolts would lead plantation Slave Revolts would lead plantation owners to develop a series of owners to develop a series of slave slave

laws/codeslaws/codes which restricted the which restricted the movement of the slaves.movement of the slaves.

•Slaves were not taught to read or writeSlaves were not taught to read or write•Restricted to the plantationRestricted to the plantation

•Slaves could not congregate after darkSlaves could not congregate after dark•Slaves could not possess any type of firearmSlaves could not possess any type of firearm

•A larger slave population than white in some statesA larger slave population than white in some states

Slave owners wanted to keep their Slave owners wanted to keep their slaves ignorant of the outside world slaves ignorant of the outside world

because learning about life beyond the because learning about life beyond the plantation could lead to more slave plantation could lead to more slave

revolts and wanting to escape.revolts and wanting to escape.Slave Laws

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